Johnny Reb III - правила для варгейма на ACW Опции

[Kirill]

Имя Johnny Reb или Johnny Rebel (Джонни-Мятежник) было жаргонным обозначением солдата армии Конфедерации в период Американской Гражданской войны (ACW), иногда этим именем обозначали всю армию Конфедерации.

Предлагаемые вашему вниманию правила на исторический варгейм, посвящённый теме ACW (1861–1865), охватывают крупные сражения указанной войны и рассчитаны на масштабные столкновения (от бригады, через дивизии, до корпусов). Не забудьте запастись миниатюрами Издание 1996 года, выложено по запросу коллег. Автор правил: Джон Хилл.

WHAT WAS IT REALLY LIKE?
Unfortunately. I don't know. Despite 30 years of study and almost 10 of civil war reenacling I feel that my understanding of the civil war battlefield will always be incomplete. The more I learn the more I realize how little I know. I have read hundreds of reports and first hand accounts, participated in large reenactments. and have heard the rattle of a thousand muskets and the roar of massed guns. But. I know not the actual battle. I have not been forced to march 26 miles and plunge into a desperate battle as did A.P. Hill at Antietam. I have not experienced battle, but I believe that it has to be one of the most confusing and horrible experiences known to man. And the Civil War. in terms of carnage per unit area and time, was one of the worst.

In an attempt to decide what it was like. I have been forced to rely on the writings of men who were there and my own experiences as a reenactor. Both are useful viewpoints and offer insights not offered by the other. However. both are also limited. Very few civil war participants were able to present an objective retelling of what they saw. what they did. and why they did it. Immediate regimental, brigade, or division reports were often shaped to insure that what they did. and why they did it. were seen in the most favorable light possible. Postwar memoirs while exceptionally useful were often written to prove a point or vindicate an action. But by studying these records and in participating in many battle reenactments. I have begun to discern a pattern, and that pattern was. that there was no pattern.

Battle, was the ultimate stress situation. The noise alone often made conversation between adjacent men exceptionally difficult. Maps were often worthless and visibility could be random and prone to constant change. Rosecrans. in attempting to direct the Battle of Chickamauga. had difficulty locating his own army, let alone that of the enemy. Even down at the regimental level, the simple problem of positioning yourself to effectively face the enemy was no small task. At Wilson's Creek, for instance, one Union regiment became so confused that it actually formed and dressed on a Confederate regiment. When I fought in the Wilderness reenactment. as a private in the I9'h VA. the tree canopy trapped the musket smoke and visibility dropped to no more than twenty yards — less than an inch of Johnny Reb terrain. In such an environment. I am lead to believe that an atmosphere of swift change and constant crises was the defining element of the civil war battlefield, and in reality, most of the participants may have had very little control over what was happening. Often, once the armies were engaged, the higher the level of command, the less control you had. You could be left — as was General Grant at the Wilderness — with little to do except whittle.

So, in many respects, this game despite its wealth of detail and ten years of evolution cannot even begin to simulate the sweeping maelstrom of a civil war battle. It is. at best, a pale reflection of the actual event.

Respectfully submitted,
John Hill
Falls Church, VA, 1996

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